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Frederick Douglass S. G. & E. L. ELBERT THE BEACON BIOGRAPHIES EDITED BY M. A. DeWOLFE HOWE FREDERICK DOUGLASS BY CHARLES W. CHESNUTT ''//.////////,. >'///,. / e s «infflit of Beacon mU^' J /&<////; a///7m/r// 7m6ner$G(k BOSTON FREDERICK DOUGLASS BY CHARLES W. CHESNUTT LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO. Limited A Copyright^ i8pp By Smalls Maynard & Company (Incorporated) Entered at Stationers' Hall Press of George H. Ellis, Boston, U.S. The photogravure used as a frontispiece to this volume is from a photograph by J. H. Kent, Rochester, New York, one of the last taken of Mr. Douglass. It is the por- trait most highly thought of by his family, by whose permission it is used. The pres- ent engraving is by John Andrew & Son, Boston. PEEFACE. Frederick Douglass lived so long, and played so conspicuous a part on the world) s stage, that it would be impossible, in a work of the size of this, to do more than touch upon the salient features of his career, to suggest the respects in which he influenced the course of events in his lifetime, and to epitomize for the readers of another genera- tion the judgment of his contemporaries as to his genius and his character. Douglass's fame as an orator has long been secure. His position as the champion of an oppressed race, and at the same time an example of its possibilities, was, in his own generation, as picturesque as it was unique; and his life may serve for all time as an incentive to aspiring souls tvho would fight the battles and win the love of mankind. The average American of to-day tvho sees, when his attention is called to it, and deplores, if he be a thoughtful and just man, the deep undertow of race prejudice viii PEEFACE that retards the progress of the colored people of our own generation, cannot, except by reading the painful records of the past, conceive of the mental and spiritual darkness to which slavery, as the inexorable condition of its existence, condemned its victims and, in a less measure, their oppressors, or of the blank wall of proscription and scorn by which free people of color were shut up in a moral and social Ghetto, the gates of which have yet not been entirely torn down. From this night of slavery Douglass emerged, passed through the Umbo of preju- dice which he encountered as a freeman, and u took his place in history. As few of tlie world 7 s great men have ever had so clxeck- ered and diversified a career," says Henry u Wilson, so it may at least be plausibly claimed that no man represents in himself more conflicting ideas and interests. His life is, in itself, an epic which fiyids few to equal it in the realms of either romance or reality." It was, after all, no misfortune for humanity that Frederick Douglass felt PEEFACE ix the iron hand of slavery ; for his genius changed the drawbacks of color and condi- tion into levers by which he raised himself and his people. The materials * for this work have been near at hand, though there is a vast amount of which lack of space must prevent the use. Acknowledgment is here made to members of the Douglass family for aid in securing the photograph from which the frontispiece is reproduced. The more the writer has studied the rec- 1 ords of Douglass s life, the more it has ap- pealed to his imagination and his heart. Re can claim no special qualification for this task, unless perhaps it be a profound and in some degree a personal sympathy with every step of Douglass's upward career. Belonging to a later generation, he was only privileged to see the man and hear the orator after his life-work was substantially com- pleted, but often enough then to appreciate something of the strength and eloquence by which he impressed his contemporaries. x PEEFACE If by this brief slcetch the writer can revive among the readers of another generation a tithe of the interest that Douglass created for himself when he led the forlorn hope of his race for freedom and opportunity, his labor will be amply repaid. CHARLES W. CHESNUTT. Cleveland, October, 1899. CHKONOLOGY. 1817 Frederick Douglass was born at Tucka- hoe, near Easton, Talbot County, Mary- land. 1825 Was sent to Baltimore to live with a relative of his master. 1833 March. Was taken to St. Michael's, Maryland, to live again with his master. 1834 January. Was sent to live with Edward Covey, slave-breaker, with whom he spent the year. 1835-36 Hired to William Freeland. Made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from slav- ery. Was sent to Baltimore to learn the ship-calker? s trade. 1838 May. Hired his own time and worked at his trade. xii CHKONOLOGY 1838 (continued) September 3. Escaped from slavery and went to New York City. Married Miss Anna Murray. Went to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Assumed the name of "Douglass." 1841 Attended anti - slavery convention at New Bedford and addressed the meeting. Was employed as agent of the Massachu- setts Anti-slavery Society. 1842 Took part in Bhode Island campaign against the Dorr constitution. Lectured on slavery. Moved to Lynn, Massachu- setts. 1843 Took part in the famous "One Hundred Conventions ? ? of the New England Anti- slavery Society. 1844 Lectured with Pillsbury, Foster, and others. CHEONOLOGY xiii 1845 Published Frederick Douglass's Narrative. 1845-46 Visited Great Britain and Ireland. Ee- mained in Europe two years, lecturing on slavery and other subjects. Was presented by English friends with money to purchase his freedom and to establish a newspaper. 1847 Eeturned to the United States. Moved with his family to Eochester, New York. Established the North Sta?*, subsequently renamed Frederick Douglass's Paper. Visited John Brown at Springfield, Massachusetts. 1848 Lectured on slavery and woman suffrage. 1849 Edited newspaper. Lectured against slavery. Assisted the escape of fugitive slaves. 1850 May 7. Attended meeting of Anti- xiv CHEONOLOGY slavery Society at New York City. Eunning debate with Captain Eynders. 1852 Supported the Free Soil party. Elected delegate from Eochester to Free Soil con- vention at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Supported John P. Hale for the Presi- dency. 1853 Visited Harriet Beecher Stowe at An- dover, Massachusetts, with reference to industrial school for colored youth. 1854 Opposed repeal of Missouri Compromise. June 12. Delivered commencement ad- dress at Western Eeserve College, Hud- son, Ohio. 1855 Published My Bondage and my Freedom. March. Addressed the New York legis- lature. 1856 Supported Fremont, candidate of the Eepublican party. CHBONOLOGY xv 1858 Established Douglass's Monthly. Entertained John Brown at Bochester. 1859 August 20. Visited John Brown at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. May 12. Went to Canada to avoid ar- rest for alleged complicity in the John Brown raid. November 12. Sailed from Quebec for England. Lectured and spoke in England and Scotland for six months. 1860 Eeturned to the United States. Sup- ported Lincoln for the Presidency. 1862 Lectured and spoke in favor of the war and against slavery. 1863 Assisted in recruiting Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts colored regi- ments. Invited to visit President Lin- coln. xvi CHRONOLOGY 1864 Supported Lincoln for re-election. 1866 Was active in procuring the franchise for the freedmen. September. Elected delegate from Roches- ter to National Loyalists' Convention at Philadelphia. 1869 Moved to Washington, District of Co- lumbia. Established the New National Era. 1870 Appointed secretary of the Santo Do- mingo Commission by President Grant. 1872 Appointed councillor of the District of Columbia. Elected presidential elector of the State of New York, and chosen by the electoral college to take the vote to Washington. 1876 Delivered address at unveiling of Lincoln statue at Washington. CHKOKOLOGY xvii 1877 Appointed Marshal of the District of Columbia by President Hayes. 1878 Visited his old home in Maryland and met his old master. 1879 Bust of Douglass placed in Sibley Hall, of Eochester University. Spoke against the proposed negro exodus from the South. 1881 Appointed recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. 1882 January. Published Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, the third and last of his autobiographies. August 4. Mrs. Frederick Douglass died. 1884 February 6. Attended funeral of Wendell Phillips. February 9. Attended memorial meeting and delivered eulogy on Phillips. xviii CHEONOLOGY 1884 (continued) Married Miss Helen Pitts. 1886 May 20. Lectured on John Brown at Music Hall, Boston. September 11. Attended a dinner given in his honor by the Wendell Phillips Club, Boston. September. Sailed for Europe. 1886-87 Visited Great Britain, France, Italy, Greece, and Egypt. 1888 Made a tour of the Southern States. 1889 Appointed United States minister resi- dent and consul-general to the Eepublic of Hayti and charge d'affaires to Santo Domingo. 1890 September 22. Addressed abolition re- union at Boston. 1891 Eesigned the office of minister to Hayti. CHBCXNOLOGY xix 1893 Acted as commissioner for Hayti at World's Columbian Exposition. 1895 February 20. Frederick Douglass died at his home on Anacostia Heights, near Washington, District of Columbia. FREDERICK DOUGLASS FREDERICK DOUGLASS. If it be no small task for a man of tlie most favored antecedents and the most fortunate surroundings to rise above mediocrity in a great nation, it is surely a more remarkable achievement for a man of the very humblest origin possible to humanity in any country in any age of the world, in the face of obstacles seemingly insurmountable, to win high honors and rewards, to retain for more than a generation the respect of good men in many lands, and to be deemed worthy of enrolment among his coun- try's great men.
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